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Page 8
He desires to know , whether , if we were to repeal this tax , agreeably to the
proposition of the honorable gentleman who made the motion , the Americans
would not take post on this concession , in order to make a new attack on the next
body ...
He desires to know , whether , if we were to repeal this tax , agreeably to the
proposition of the honorable gentleman who made the motion , the Americans
would not take post on this concession , in order to make a new attack on the next
body ...
Page 9
I carry my proof irresistibly into the very body of both Ministry and Parliament : not
on any general reasoning growing out of collateral matter , but on the conduct of
the honorable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . The act
...
I carry my proof irresistibly into the very body of both Ministry and Parliament : not
on any general reasoning growing out of collateral matter , but on the conduct of
the honorable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . The act
...
Page 27
In the act for taxing the Isle of Man the noble lord will find , not , as in the
American act , four or five articles , but almost the whole body of British
manufactures , taxed from two and a half to fifteen per cent , and some articles ,
such as that of ...
In the act for taxing the Isle of Man the noble lord will find , not , as in the
American act , four or five articles , but almost the whole body of British
manufactures , taxed from two and a half to fifteen per cent , and some articles ,
such as that of ...
Page 46
However , Sir , he scarcely began to open the ground , when the whole veteran
body of office took the alarm . A violent outcry of all ( except those who knew and
felt the mischief ) was raised against any alteration . On one hand , his attempt ...
However , Sir , he scarcely began to open the ground , when the whole veteran
body of office took the alarm . A violent outcry of all ( except those who knew and
felt the mischief ) was raised against any alteration . On one hand , his attempt ...
Page 49
... ( if he will not reject his share , and it was a large one , of this business )
exerted the most laudable industry in bringing before you the fullest , most
impartial , and least garbled body of evidence that ever was produced to this
House . I think the ...
... ( if he will not reject his share , and it was a large one , of this business )
exerted the most laudable industry in bringing before you the fullest , most
impartial , and least garbled body of evidence that ever was produced to this
House . I think the ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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